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The 6th
Annual
Summer
Dream Literary Arts Festival
Schedule: Aug 19th -29th, 2009
 
Wednesday August 19, 2009
Word Whips: Summer Dreams of Home
Join us in an
evening of art and poetry collaboration presented by the Sidney and Gertrude
Zack Gallery, The Jewish Museum & Archives of British Columbia and Pandora’s
Collective. Featured poets Fran Boursa,
Christine Le Clare, Christy Hill, Daniela Elza and Steve Duncan
will read poetry inspired by Linda Frimer’s art. The audience will be given time and encouraged
to write to the exhibit as well and to share their words during the open mic
potion of the evening.
Exhibit: Linda Frimer: Returning home- A Visual History at the
Acclaimed painter and multi-media Vancouver artist Linda Dayan Frimer journeys
back home through artwork to her early years in the British Columbia wilderness
and compares life to that of her ancestor’s home in Lithuania .
Time: 7:00 pm
Location: Sidney and Gertrude Zack Gallery
950 W.41st Ave. Vancouver, BC
Saturday August 22, 2009
The Summer Dream Literary Arts Festival
Lumberman’s Arch, Stanley Park , Vancouver, B.C. (12-7pm)
This event is an annual, engaging, outdoor festival
established to raise public awareness regarding the on-going literary events,
programs and resources available in the community. We will be incorporating
literary performances, dancers, local bands, panel discussions, open mics and a
children’s area with puppet shows, music, story tellers, face painting and craft
tables. There will also be information tables showcasing community groups and
resources such as the Vancouver Public Library and The Federation of BC Writers.
Full details below.
Tuesday
August 25, 2009
Word Whips Writing Series
Take the challenge. We provide the writing prompts
and the opportunity for sharing. Ten - fifteen minutes to write to each prompt.
See what you can whip up. Hosted by Bonnie Nish and Sita Carboni.
Time: 6:30 - 8:30pm
Location:
Britannia Library, Gallery Room,
1661 Napier Street, Vancouver, BC
Sunday August
23rd & Saturday 29th, 2009
Summer Dream Writers Workshops
Instructors: Evelyn Lau, Steve Duncan, Christine Leclerc and Jen Currin.
Location: Christianne’s Lyceum of Literature and Art
3696 West 8th, Vancouver, B.C.
 Evelyn
Lau's fiction titles include Fresh Girls and Other Stories (HarperCollins),
Other Women (Random House) and Choose Me (Doubleday). Her non-fiction titles
include Runaway: Diary of a Street Kid (HarperCollins) and Inside Out:
Reflections on a Life So Far (Doubleday). Her poetry includes the award-winning
You are Not Who You Claim (Beach Holme), Oedipal Dreams and In the House of
Slaves (Coach House). Treble (Polestar Book Publishers),
her fourth book of poetry is everything we expect of Lau: it is precise,
elegant, honest and powerful. Workshop: Sunday August 23rd (1 pm -
2:30pm) Bring your questions to an informal Q&A session with author
and poet. Evelyn Lau. Evelyn will be pleased to answer your questions and share
her experiences re: getting started as a writer - submitting to literary
magazines and contests, working with agents and editors, and the challenges of
earning a living as a creative writer. She also welcomes engaging in a
discussion around the writing process itself: the issues that arise around
autobiographical/confessional writing, the various tricks to staying motivated
and inspired, and the curious pleasures of the revision process.
S.R. Duncan: Shoe-string
Marketing and Publicity Expert
S.R. Duncan is a poet, performer, graphic designer, blogger and host of Wax
Poetic Radio Show. His blogs include Commercial Drive Live, BC
Entertainment Facts & Trivia and My Life as a Blog. Workshop: Sunday
August 23rd (11 am - 12:30pm) Basic
Chapbook Design and Marketing. Be your own publisher. Join the ranks of literary
giants like Hunter S. Thompson and Ray Bradbury and learn how to create a
“chapbook” (your very own professional-looking published booklet) step-by-step,
from editing through basic graphic design, right through to distribution. This
unique, hands-on workshop starts by getting each participant to assemble their
own text book! We go on to: - look at the benefits and pitfalls of
self-publishing - offer various modern and rare examples of this ancient type of
publication! - give you tips for marketing and publicizing your book on a
shoestring budget! A basic knowledge of computers and word processing programs
like Microsoft Word is required. Reference material provided. Facilitated by
poet, performer, and long-time graphic designer, S.R. Duncan.
 Christine
Leclerc, originally from Montreal, now lives in Vancouver. She is
currently pursuing an MFA in Creative Writing at the University of British
Columbia. Her work has appeared in 42opus,
Dig, FRONT,
FU, Memewar,
OCHO, Pistola,
subTerrain,
terry, the Worksound gallery, and is forthcoming in
Interim.
Leclerc is the author of Counterfeit, a book of poetry published by
Capilano University Editions (CUE) in fall 2008. She teaches creative writing at
Langara College Continuing Studies. Workshop:
Saturday August 29th (11 am - 12:30pm) Ekphrasis is the graphic, often
dramatic description of a visual work of art, though in ancient times ekphrasis
referred to the description of any thing, person, or experience. Join Christine
Leclerc for an exploration of ekphrastic poetry. Participants will become
familiar with existing works of ekphrastic poetry and complete a number of
writing exercises. Participants are also invited to bring objects to write from,
though this is not required.
 Jen
Currin has published two books of poems,
The Sleep of Four Cities (Anvil
Press, 2005) and Hagiography
(Coach House Books, 2008).
The Inquisition Yours is
forthcoming from Coach House in 2010. She has taught creative writing for many
years, most recently at Langara College Continuing
Studies and the John Hopkins Center for Talented Youth (online).
Workshop:
Saturday August 29th (1 pm - 3:00pm) Perched between
poetry and prose, the prose poem occupies a tricky space. It is genre-bending by
nature, and encourages flights of fancy, surrealist moments, dreams, circular
arguments…In this two-hour workshop we will practice writing prose poems and
read some of the best this genre has to offer.
Saturday August 22,
2009
Summer Dream
Literary Arts Festival
Lumberman’s Arch, Stanley Park
(12-7pm)
MAIN STAGE:
Author and Poet, Rita Wong
(click here for performers bios)
12:00 – 12:10 Announcements
12:10 – 12:30 Guest Reader: Author
and Poet, Rita Wong
12:30 – 12:45 Poetry Readings :
Word Whips North Shore Edition
12:45 – 1:00 Story Telling:
Vancouver Story Slam
1:00 – 1:15 Spoken Word:
Thundering Word
1:15 – 1:30 Poetry: Readings: Tanglewood
Tales
1:30 – 1:45 Announcements
1:45 – 2:15
♫♫ Local Band
Hi Rise Dex and the Stellar Jays
2:15 – 2:30
Poetry Slam: Vancouver Poetry Slam
2:30 – 2:45 Poetry Readings :
Burnaby Writers/Inkspot
2:45 – 3:00 Dancers: Story Dance
Performance by Night and Day Dance - Diane Garceau & David Yates (dancers),
Trina Ferguson (narrator)
3:00 – 3:15 Multi-cultural Reading
: World Poetry Reading Series
3:15 – 3:30 Announcements
3:30 – 4:00 ♫♫
Local Band Wayne and the Wailer’s
4:00 – 4:15 Feature Performance Poetry:
Jack McCarthy
4:15 – 4:30 Spoken Word: Wax
Poetics
4:30 – 4:45 Poetry Readings :
Vancouver Artists Collective
4:45 – 5:00 Poetry Reading : Twisted
Poets
5:00 – 5:15 Announcements
5:15 – 5:45 ♫♫ Music:
Melic Thrum
5:45 – 6:00 Poetry & Music: 57
Varieties
6:00 – 6:15 Poetry Readings :
Poetry Around the World
6:15 – 6:30 Poetry Readings : East
Van Network of Love
6:30 – 6:45 Poetry Readings : Word
Whips
6:45 – 7:00 Announcements
GRANVILLE STAGE:
Vancouver Poet George McWhirter
(click here for performers bios)
1:00 – 1:10 Announcements
1:10 - 1:30 Opening Reading :
Vancouver Poet Laureate George McWhirter
1:30 - 1:50 Panel
Discussion: Has poetry lost its
audience? Moderator: Vancouver Poet George McWhirter. Panelists:
TBA
Discussion: At this years VIWF,
Andreas Schroeder (a once-upon-a-time enthusiastic poet) said, woefully, “Poetry
has lost its audience.” “Has it? If it has, where has the audience gone instead?
What did the audience want? Does poetry only have devotees now, poets writing
for other poets, and no fans, no general interest? Has it separated the language
of poetry from what Wordsworth called ‘the real language”? Is our crisis the
same as in his time: too many rarified manners to satisfy the many?
1:50 – 2:10
Panel Readers: TBA
2:10 – 2:30 Open Mic: sign up on
site, share your poems, stories or songs
2:30 – 2:40
Announcements
2:40–
3:00 Featured Spoken Word Performer: Al Mader
3:00 – 3:20 ♫♫Poetry & Music:
Spillious Speak and Sing
3:20 – 3:40 Panel Discussion:
TBA
3:40 – 4:00 Panel Readers: TBA
4:00 – 4:10
Announcements
4:10 –
4:30 Featured Reader: Jabez Churchill
4:30 – 4:55 Story Telling: Vancouver Storytellers
4:55 - 5:10 Poetry Reading :
Writers in the Making
5:10 – 5:20 Open Mic: sign up on
site, share your poems, stories or songs!
5:20 - 5:30 Announcements
5:30 - 5:50 Author Readings :
Canadian Authors Association
5:50 - 6:10 Featured Reader: TBA
6:10 - 6:30 Poetry Readings :
Poetry Planet
6:30 - 7:00 Poetry Readings :
Christianne’s Lyceum of Literature and Art
CHILDREN'S STAGE
  
Authors James McCann, Lee Edward Fodi and KC Dyer
(click here for performers bios)
1:00 – 1:15 Announcements
1:15 – 1:45 Opening Performance ♫♫ Music:
Max Tell accompanied by Chris Kelly
1:45 – 2:15 Author: Tiffany Stone
& Christina Leist
2:15 – 2:45 Author: Lee Edward
Fodi
2:45 – 3:15 Puppets on Parade:
Mary Duffy , The Vancouver Public Library
3:15 – 3:45 Readings World Poetry
Young Writers Open Mic: sign up
3:45 – 4:00 Announcements
4:00 – 4:30 Author: James
McCann
4:30 – 5:00 Author: K.C. Dyer
5:00 – 5:30
Readings: Vancouver Public Library
Book Camp Readers
5:30 – 6:00 Children’s Performer:
TBA
6:00 - 6:30 Puppets on Parade:
Mary Duffy , The Vancouver Public Library
Max Tell & Chris Kelly and VPL Puppets on Parade.
INFO
TABLES:
Find out what's happening in the literary arts community. Meet the people that
make it all happen. Brochures and displays will be available from a variety of
groups including the Canadian Authors Association, Cwill, Grind Writers,
Federation of BC Writers, Pandora’s Collective, Poetry Around the World,
Vancouver Artists Collective, Vancouver Poetry House, Vancouver Public Library,
Vancouver Storytellers, Wax Poetic/Co-op Radio, World Poetry Reading Series.
 
WORD WHIPS POETRY CONTEST
Write your poem on the spot or
bring one from home:
We will have
a Word Whips Writing Table complete with paper, pens, writing prompts, and arts
and crafts. Test your imagination and get your
hands dirty with a little poetry.
Guidelines:
(Please note that these guidelines are very different from our regular
contest guidelines. Please read them carefully.)
All poems must be original and previously unpublished. Submissions will not be
blind so please add your name, address, telephone number and/or email address to
the poem/poems submitted. The entry fee is $5.00 per poem. We will accept cash,
or cheque made out to Pandora’s Collective). Drop off your poems and entry fees
to the Pandora’s Collective tent at the Summer Dream Literary Arts Festival.
Fifty percent of the contest money generated will go towards the top five
winners. Poems can be of any theme or form,. max forty lines. Along with cash
prizes the
winning poems will also be published on our website. All rights return to the
poet after publication.
OPEN MICS:
Don’t forget that you can read your poems at the festival on the Granville Stage
during the open mic sections.
PANDORA’S COLLECTIVE
FACE PAINTING & ARTS & CRAFTS
Express your
inner self! Free face painting and crafts.
WORLD POETRY
“POETRY TREE” WRITING TABLE
(For Young Writers)
The World
Poetry Readings Series invites you to write a poem and add it to the “Poetry
Tree". Then, if you like, you can read it during the World Poetry – “Poetry
Tree” Readings . Volunteers will be at the table for support and suggestions.
Children can write a poem, decorate it and hang it up to create a poetry forest.
Twice during the day, they will have the opportunity to read their work or have
a friend or family member read it for them. Cost: FREE
Sponsors:
(The sponsors list will be updated shortly. Thanks to all our sponsors for their
support.)
Financial
Donations:
Don Simpson
Joyce Statton
Gifts in Kind:
Prism
Quills
Canadian Poetry Magazine
Starbucks
subTerrain
Organizers:
Bonnie Nish -
Festival Director
Rhonda Milne -
Volunteer Coordinator
Location: Lumberman's Arch, in beautiful Stanley Park
Concession
stands, public washrooms, the children's water park and the sea wall are all
just steps away!
The following Information was referenced from the Vancouver Aquarium’s web site.
Parking Lots
Pay parking is in effect in
parking lots and on roadways throughout Stanley Park. Pay parking is operated by
Central Parking Systems: Info line: 604-684-8922, Office: 604-684-6634 (Mon-Fri,
8am-5pm). Address: 1440 West Pender Street
Parking rates:
April-September - $2/hr or
$7/day.
Rates in effect 6 am to 9 pm
daily.
Meters accept coins, Visa and
Mastercard.
Public
Transportation
Translink Bus and Skytrain Routes. For your convenience the most common routes
are listed below:
1. Take the #19
Bus to Stanley Park, it runs along W. Pender.
2. Take the
#135, running along West Hastings, to Burrard Street and connect to the #19 bus
on W. Pender & Georgia.
3. Take the
Skytrain to Burrard Station and connect to the #19 bus on W. Pender & Georgia.
A one-zone ticket is $2.25
(subject to change). Check the
Translink website for other rates, planning your route, and general service
information.
Other
Transportation Options
Express Bus to Stanley Park
(Operating Daily March 15th - October 31st) This convenient service operates
between downtown Vancouver and Stanley Park. All passengers boarding the bus
will be charged $3.00. It’s
free of charge to all Horse-Drawn Tour
and Vancouver Aquarium customers.
View the Express Bus Schedule.
Stanley
Park Shuttle
A fun and free shuttle bus
service stopping at 14 of Stanley Park's most popular locations:
From June 20 to September 23,
2007.
From 10am to 6:30pm every 15
minutes.
Double
Decker Tours
For a bird's eye view of
Vancouver's city streets and Stanley Park take a Double Decker Tour. Between
April 21 to October 5, the bus boards every 40 minutes from most major tourist
attractions and hotels. For rates and schedules visit
www.grayline.ca/vancouver/
The
Vancouver Trolley Company
Arrive in classic style aboard a
trolley.
From March 15th - October 31st
every 30 minutes.
Every 60 minutes for the
remainder of the year.
Experience 15 stops around
Vancouver, including stops at some of the major downtown hotels. No reservations
are required. For rates and more schedules visit
www.vancouvertrolley.com
For more information regarding Stanley
Park, please visit the Vancouver Park Board
Stanley Park website.
The 2008 Summer Dream Literary Arts
Festival Photos:
Previous Festivals and Events:
2008 Summer
Dream Literary Arts Festival (view photos)
2007 Summer
Dream Literary Arts Festival (view photos)
2006 Summer
Dream Reading Festival (view photos)
2005 Summer
Dream Reading Festival (view photos)
2004 Summer Dream
Reading Festival
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